Reddit Books

The most-mentioned books on r/learnmath

Reddit is a social media and news aggregation website that ranks content based on a voting system. People worldwide post content (usually links, but also original content), and other users can “upvote” or “downvote” posts, pushing the most interesting content to the top. 

It’s a place where you can find groups of like-minded people. Reddit calls these groups subreddits, and they cover different topics, including niche interests, politics, hobbies, and thousands of other topics people want to talk about.

Since its launch in 2005, the site has become one of the most popular social media sites with millions of monthly active users. 

We've processed billions of comments to find the books most mentioned on Reddit. 

 

Table of Contents

 

The most-mentioned books on r/learnmath

How to Prove It62 users
Calculus30 users
Discrete Mathematics with Applications25 users
How to Solve It20 users
Basic Mathematics19 users
Understanding Analysis16 users
Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications15 users
Calculus Made Easy15 users
Linear Algebra Done Right15 users
A Book of Abstract Algebra15 users
A Mind for Numbers14 users
The Calculus Lifesaver14 users
Precalculus Mathematics in a Nutshell14 users
Secrets of Mental Math13 users
Mathematical Proofs13 users
Mathematics for the Nonmathematician12 users
Calculus12 users
Principles of Mathematical Analysis11 users
Schaum's Outline of Calculus11 users
Journey through Genius11 users
What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods11 users
Ordinary Differential Equations11 users
The Princeton Companion to Mathematics11 users
Algebra11 users
Precalculus10 users
Abstract Algebra10 users
Introduction to Linear Algebra10 users
How to Think About Analysis9 users
Concrete Mathematics9 users
A Transition to Advanced Mathematics9 users
How to Read and Do Proofs9 users
Calculus8 users
Trigonometry8 users
Engineering Mathematics8 users
The Humongous Book of Algebra Problems8 users
Practical Algebra7 users
Mathematics7 users
Introduction to Graph Theory7 users
How to Think Like a Mathematician7 users
All the Mathematics You Missed7 users
The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems7 users
Schaum's 3,000 Solved Problems in Calculus6 users
Visual Complex Analysis6 users
Mathematics From The Birth Of Numbers6 users
Partial Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers6 users
Mathematical Statistics with Applications6 users
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos6 users
Book of Proof6 users
Calculus6 users
Precalculus6 users
Naive Set Theory6 users
Linear Algebra and Its Applications5 users
Schaum's Outline of Precalculus5 users
Algebra5 users
Topology5 users
Thinking Mathematically5 users
A First Course in Probability5 users
Calculus Vol. 15 users
Topics in Algebra5 users
Counterexamples in Analysis5 users
Introduction to Analysis5 users
The Joy of x5 users
Make It Stick5 users
Calculus For Dummies5 users
Mathematics5 users
Geometry5 users
Calculus5 users
Introduction to the Theory of Computation5 users
Contemporary Abstract Algebra5 users
Calculus5 users
Schaum's Outline of Elementary Algebra4 users
An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers4 users
How to Study as a Mathematics Major4 users
A First Course in Abstract Algebra4 users
Just-in-Time Algebra and Trigonometry for Calculus4 users
Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension4 users
Fermat's Enigma4 users
Div, Grad, Curl, and All That4 users
Gödel, Escher, Bach4 users
Calculus Vol. 24 users
Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences4 users
Learning to Reason4 users
Introductory Functional Analysis with Applications4 users
The Art and Craft of Problem Solving4 users
Elementary Number Theory4 users
Introduction to Topology4 users
Number Theory4 users
Statistical Inference4 users
Single Variable Calculus4 users
Linear Algebra4 users
Introduction to Mathematical Thinking4 users
Measurement4 users
How to Ace Calculus4 users
How to Ace the Rest of Calculus4 users
Visual Group Theory4 users
Kiselev's Geometry, Book I. Planimetry4 users
No bullshit guide to math and physics4 users
Infinite Powers4 users
The Math Book4 users
Elementary Analysis4 users

 

Our methodology

Book mentions are found by checking every reddit comment for links to Amazon, Goodreads, Google Books, and O'Rielly Media. Non-link mentions are too tricky to parse in an unbiased way: books with short, simple titles like The Road get massively under- or over-counted.

When a user mentions the same book multiple times in the same subreddit, we only count the top-voted comment. This curbs users shilling a particular book, and gives a more representative feel for an entire subreddit.

 

Who are we

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Junaid Khan

Junaid Khan

Junaid Khan is the founder of Moocable - the platform to help learner find their next MOOC, and study partners. A passionate learner, he struggled with self-learning.